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WAVESPEED AI FALLING SAND SIMULATOR Runs in your browser
100% FREE

Falling Sand SimulatorA pixel sandbox where every grain reacts.

Pour sand, water, oil, lava, fire, acid, ice, seeds and more, and watch them flow, burn, freeze, grow and explode.
Record your session and export a smooth time-lapse video for TikTok, Shorts or Reels.

22 interacting materialsTime-lapse MP4 exportSave and share scenes
No sign-up No watermark Nothing to install

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Your scenes and videos are made on your device.
THREE SIMPLE STEPS

How to use the falling sand simulator

01

Pick a material

Choose sand, water, lava, fire or any of the 22 materials, set the brush size and shape, or start from a ready-made scene.

02

Draw and watch

Click and drag, or touch and drag, to pour it into the world. Mix materials and watch them flow, burn, freeze and react.

03

Save or record

Save a PNG or a scene file, or press Record and export your session as a smooth time-lapse video.

GOOD TO KNOW

Tips for great sand worlds and clips

A few combinations that always look good, and how to get a clean video out of them.

Build containers from glass

Glass holds acid, and walls hold everything. Draw a cup first, then pour liquids into it.

Let liquids layer

Pour water, then oil: oil floats on top. Sand and mud sink to the bottom, ash and seeds float.

Start a slow burn

Draw a wooden structure and touch it with fire. Wood glows as embers and crumbles to ash; pour water to put it out.

Make stone from lava

Lava poured into water turns to stone and sends up steam, which rises and rains back down as water.

Grow a garden

Drop seeds onto wet ground. They sprout and climb, and plants keep growing into any water they touch.

Record vertical clips

Choose the Vertical 9:16 world size before recording and export at 9:16 for a full-screen phone video. 4× or 8× time-lapse keeps clips short.

WaveSpeed AI

Turn your sand world into something bigger

Make pixel art, animations and short videos from a prompt with WaveSpeed AI.

  • 1,000+ AI models
  • Image, video and 3D
  • Pay as you go

$1 in free credits for eligible new accounts. No card needed. Generators have separate account and credit requirements. The falling sand simulator is free.

Falling sand simulator FAQ

What is a falling sand game?

A sandbox where the screen is a grid of tiny cells and each cell is a material. Simple rules for each material, such as sand falls, water flows, fire rises and burns, add up to rich behaviour: dunes, waterfalls, wildfires and chemical reactions.

Is this falling sand simulator free?

Yes. It is free with no sign-up and no watermark on your pictures or videos. It runs in your browser, with nothing to install.

Which materials are there?

Sand, water, stone, wood, fire, oil, lava, ice, snow, plants, seeds, acid, salt, metal, glass, gunpowder, gas, steam, smoke, mud, ash and indestructible walls, plus salt water and embers that appear through reactions.

How do materials react?

Fire lights wood, oil, plants, gas and gunpowder; water puts fire out and turns to steam; steam rises and condenses into water; lava turns water into steam and cools into stone; salt dissolves in water; acid eats almost everything except glass and walls; seeds sprout when they touch water.

How do I make a time-lapse video?

Press Record, play and draw as usual, then press Stop. Choose the time-lapse speed, video shape (9:16, 1:1 or 16:9), resolution and frame rate, and export an MP4 (or WebM in browsers without MP4 encoding). The video is rendered from the recording, so it is perfectly smooth even if your device was busy.

Can I save my sand world and continue later?

Yes. Save scene downloads a small file you can open again later or share with friends. Save PNG keeps a crisp picture of the world.

Can I turn a picture into sand?

Yes. Open a PNG or JPG and each pixel becomes the material with the nearest colour, then press Play and watch it crumble, flow and burn.

Does it work on phones and tablets?

Yes. Draw with your finger, pick materials from the toolbar and use the Vertical 9:16 world size for clips that fill a phone screen.

All Free Tools

Ready to pour some sand?

Pick a material and start drawing. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

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